Improvement in metal buckets



M. CAMPBELL. vlVIe'eLl-Buoket.

No. 205,242. Patented June'25,1s7s

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITNDGRAFHER. WASHINGTONA D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT MARVIN CAMPBELL, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

IMPFIOVEMENT IN` METAL BUCKETS.

Specification forming partl of Letters Patent No. 205,242, dated June25, 1878; application filed May 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARVIN CAMPBELL, of South Bend, in the county of St.Joseph and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Buckets; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull,

clear, and exact description thereof', which will` enable others skilledin the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same,referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a bucket or other like vessel to the bottom ofwhich is secured a supplementary bottom, in the manner substantially ashereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, Figure I isa perspective view of a bucket, bottom-side up. Fig. II is asectionthereof.

The same letters are employed in both figures in the indication ofidentical parts.

The body of the bucket A and the bottom A are made in the ordinarymanner of sheettin or other suitable metal. A supplementary bottom ofwood, paper, or other suitable inaterial is then placed on the bearingagainst the bottom A. It is secured in its place by a ring, D, slippedover the bottom of the bucket and. soldered to the body A, the width ofthe ring being such that it will extend below the supplementary bottom Csufficient to allowT a lip or burr to be turned down into a groove, C',formed in the wooden bottom C near its edge before the flange or lip isturned down upon said bottom, which is pressed into the groove in thebottom C by a machine for such purpose, thus ooniinin g thesupplementary bottom C in its place.

The groove or annular rabbet, being lled with paint when the bottom iscoated, will render it utterly impossible for water from the outside tocome in contact with the bottom A', and if the bottom C is well paintedor otherwise rendered impervious to water the bottom A may becomeperforated and the bottom C still prevent the escape of the contents ofthe bucket.

If desired, the body of the bucket may be carried below the bottom A',as shown at B, so as to form a flange, within which the supplementarybottom C is inserted and held in its place by the flange being turnedover, forming the burr in the same manner as was done with the ring, andthus discarding the ring.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y A bucketcombining in its construction a body and bottom of sheet metal, belowwhich a flange, B, extends, which is an extension of the body, a woodenbottom, C, having anannular rabbet cut in its lower face around't-herim, and a ring, D, which is soldered at the top to the body A, and itslower edge being at the top and turned down over the edge of the woodenbottom into the annular rabbet, substantially as set forth. l

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

MARVIN GAMPIB ELL.

Witnesses:

MYRON CAMPBELL, WM. T. GARSKADDEN.

